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Music: styles & genres

Paperback. Rod Stewart was born the working-class son of a Scottish plumber in North London. Despite some early close shaves with a number of diverse career paths, ranging from gravedigging to professional football, it was music that truly captured his heart - and he never looked back. This title tells his story. Num Pages: 384 pages, 4 x 8 page picture sections. BIC Classification: AVGP; AVH; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 32. Weight in Grams: 332.
Publisher
Cornerstone
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099574750
ISBN
9780099574750
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.50

Paperback. Music by Richard Rodgers. Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II. New book by Douglas Carter Beane. Original book by Oscar Hammerstein II Series: Applause Libretto Library. Num Pages: 160 pages, 8-page colour photo insert. BIC Classification: AVGM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 141 x 12. Weight in Grams: 260.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Applause Theatre & Cinema
Condition
New
SKU
V9781480355552
ISBN
9781480355552
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.57

Hardback. A lavish book celebrating 50 years of Rolling Stone magazine--one of the most iconic and influential voices in American music and culture Num Pages: 288 pages, 224 colour and black-and-white illustrations and photographs. BIC Classification: AVGP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 355 x 279. .
Publisher
Abrams
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Anniversary ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9781419724466
ISBN
9781419724466
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 59.15
€ 48.23

Hardback. Rubini, Chopin, Nourrit, Liszt, Donzelli, Thalberg, Velluti, Sontag, and Malibran were prominent celebrity pianists and singers who plied their trade between London and Paris, the most dynamic musical centers of nineteenth-century Europe. This title examines how key musicians and their contemporaries made sense of musical and physical abilities. Num Pages: 280 pages, 29. BIC Classification: AVGC5. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 166 x 23. Weight in Grams: 526.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of California Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520279391
ISBN
9780520279391
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 59.15
€ 46.06

Paperback. "What is the real business of the critic?", Charles Rosen asks of George Bernard Shaw in one of his essays. It is a question he answers throughout this collection as he demonstrates and analyzes various critical approaches. Num Pages: 272 pages, music. BIC Classification: AVGC5; DSBD; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 142 x 19. Weight in Grams: 346.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674002029
ISBN
9780674002029
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 30.87

Paperback. A candid, no-holds-barred romp through forty years of drugs, sex and rock n roll Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations (some col.), ports. (some col.). BIC Classification: AVGP; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 26. Weight in Grams: 326.
Publisher
Pan Macmillan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
Main Market
Condition
New
SKU
V9780330445047
ISBN
9780330445047
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.00
€ 11.77

Paperback. 'Charles R Cross has got as close to the truth as anyone yet in his exhaustive and ground-breaking account of the life of the greatest guitarist in the history of rock.' Observer Num Pages: 400 pages, 2 x 8pp b&w. BIC Classification: AVGP; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 28. Weight in Grams: 336.
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Number of pages
416
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780340826843
ISBN
9780340826843
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.39

Paperback. A compelling testament to Rory Gallagher and the musical life of a shy and retiring working-class hero, distinguished by his check shirts and his astounding dexterity on acoustic and electric guitar - the guitarist and blues man who blazed a trail for others to follow. Num Pages: 192 pages, 30 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1DBR; AVGP; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 133. .
Publisher
Gill
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848893184
ISBN
9781848893184
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 13.21

Hardcover. Warren Roberts has discovered a Rossini that others have not seen, a composer who commented ironically and satirically on religion and politics in Post-Napoleonic Europe. Series: Eastman Studies in Music. Num Pages: 254 pages, 15 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: AVGC; AVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 165 x 241 x 25. Weight in Grams: 528.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University of Rochester Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781580465304
ISBN
9781580465304
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 98.09

Paperback. Num Pages: 352 pages, 30ill. BIC Classification: AVGU; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 512.
Publisher
Plexus Publishing Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780859653411
ISBN
9780859653411
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.63

Paperback. Roy Orbison's music - whether heard in his own recordings or in cover versions of his songs - is a significant part of contemporary American culture despite the fact that he died almost a generation ago. This book looks at the long span of Orbison's career and probes into the uniqueness of his songs, singing, and performance style. Series: Sound Matters. Num Pages: 240 pages, 5 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: AVGP; BGF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 143 x 17. Weight in Grams: 330.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Temple University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781592130375
ISBN
9781592130375
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.62

Hardcover. Num Pages: 276 pages, 300 illus. BIC Classification: 1DND; AVGF; AVRB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 282 x 252 x 29. Weight in Grams: 1716.
Publisher
Museum Tusculanum Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9788763544313
ISBN
9788763544313
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 93.45
€ 71.73

Paperback. Canadian progressive rock band Rush was the voice of the suburban middle class. This book assesses the band's impact on popular music and its legacy for legions of fans. It explores the ways in which Rush's critique of suburban life - and its strategies for escape - reflected middle-class aspirations and anxieties. Series: Profiles in Popular Music. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBC; AVGP; AVH; JFSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 142 x 17. Weight in Grams: 384.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253221490
ISBN
9780253221490
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 23.15

Hardcover. Num Pages: 192 pages, 75 color & 50 b-w photos. BIC Classification: AVGP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 285 x 222. .
Publisher
Voyageur Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780760352205
ISBN
9780760352205
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 24.15

Paperback. This volume considers the development and practice of liturgical chant in Russia, including its origins, extant manuscripts, notation performance sylistic evolution, early composers, its relationship to the liturgy, the language and its various problems that arose over the centuries. Num Pages: 400 pages, music. BIC Classification: AVGD; HRCC8. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 127 x 38. Weight in Grams: 499.
Publisher
St Vladimir´s Seminary Press,U.S.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Condition
New
SKU
V9780881410464
ISBN
9780881410464
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 23.71

Hardback. In our divided, post-Cold War, and now post-9/11 world, Russian music, formerly a quiet corner on the margins of musicology, has become a site of noisy contention. The author assesses the political and cultural stakes that attach to it in the era of Pussy Riot and renewed international tensions. Num Pages: 560 pages, 23 music examples, 15 halftones, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; AVG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 163 x 238 x 39. Weight in Grams: 884.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
560
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520288089
ISBN
9780520288089
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 94.64
€ 73.01

Paperback.
Publisher
University of Texas Press United States
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780292725843
ISBN
9780292725843
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 20.92

Paperback. Presents a study of the songs of the Baul - a Bengali religious sect, widely beloved for its enchanting music. This title describes the role Baul song plays in the lives of the Bauls themselves and in the experience and imagination of their fellow Bengalis. Num Pages: 242 pages, 43 halftones. BIC Classification: 1FKA; AVGH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 161 x 17. Weight in Grams: 468.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Seagull Books London Ltd
Edition
Pap/Com
Number of pages
242
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857420046
ISBN
9780857420046
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 21.26

Paperback. Editor(s): Nicholas, John. Translator(s): Hammond, Tom. Num Pages: 144 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: AVGC9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 152 x 216 x 8. Weight in Grams: 210.
Publisher
Oneworld Classics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780714544380
ISBN
9780714544380
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.40

Hardcover. The Samaveda contains the earliest tradition of music from India, which is largely Rigvedic textual material in a form arranged for singing in the solemn Srauta ritual. This work presents an accented edition that is based on manuscripts collected from all over India and Europe. Series: Harvard Oriental Series. Num Pages: 946 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 1FKA; 2BBA; AVGE; HRG; HRLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 263 x 185 x 56. Weight in Grams: 1746.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
946
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674009356
ISBN
9780674009356
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 94.58
€ 85.45

Paperback. In 1978, four musicians crowded into a cramped basement theater in downtown Seoul, where they, for the first time, brought the rural percussive art of p'ungmul to a burgeoning urban audience. This title traces this reinvention through the rise of the Korean supergroup. Series: Chicago Studies in Ethnomusicology. Num Pages: 224 pages, 21 halftones, 11 line drawings, 6 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPK; AVGH; AVRJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 318.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
Pap/Com
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226330976
ISBN
9780226330976
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 29.74

Paperback. This work introduces the reader to Sardinian music through a series of encounters with individual musicians and their families. The vignettes presented portray an art still very much alive: the music of villages with an oral tradition, sung or played in the company of others. Translator(s): Fagan, Teresa Lavender. Series: Chicago Studies in Ethnomusicology. Num Pages: 128 pages, 12 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DST; AVGH; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 142 x 216 x 6. Weight in Grams: 180.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
First Printing CD Included
Number of pages
128
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226493411
ISBN
9780226493411
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 28.79

Paperback. "In all my whole career the Brick House was one of the toughest joints I ever played in. It was the honky-tonk where levee workers would congregate every Saturday night and trade with the gals who'd s Num Pages: 248 pages, 16pp b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 3JJ; AVGJ; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 141 x 17. Weight in Grams: 244.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1986
Publisher
Hachette Books United States
Edition
Revised
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780306802768
ISBN
9780306802768
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 17.39

Paperback. Num Pages: 270 pages, colour photos. BIC Classification: AVGT; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 149 x 11. Weight in Grams: 408.
Publisher
IP Verlag Germany
Number of pages
270
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9783931624446
ISBN
9783931624446
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 15.83

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